Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation
by dodobirdlord on Friday August 21, 2020 @06:26PM
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The defender in this scenario has a seriously disadvantage, in that the local SAM sites can send many missiles at the same time, and the anti-missile suite of the plane has to defeat every single one. A gun that would succeed in this scenario would be a massive technological leap. The US Navy uses gun-based anti-missile setups, but they are more of a last ditch sort of defense that can defeat a small number of incoming missiles by putting an absurd amount of bullets in their way.
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Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation
by tgsovlerkhgsel on Saturday August 22, 2020 @07:26PM
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> can send many missiles at the same time, and the anti-missile suite of the plane has to defeat every single one.
That's what makes unmanned planes special: It doesn't. It just has to force enough missiles to be fired that the missiles are more expensive/valuable than the plane when it ultimately gets shot down.
(Value can be different from financial cost, depending on e.g. supply shortages, influence on the rest of the war, etc.)
Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation
by likeclockwork on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:43PM
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The plane is the attacker, unless someone invaded their home and put SAM sites everywhere while they were out.